Atmospheric Physics

In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the German Aerospace Center, this book presents outstanding results of the Institute. It covers the entire area of atmospheric science, from fluid dynamics to atmosphere acoustics.

Presents more than 51 outstanding contributions of DLR-IPA to Atmospheric science Gives a specific reference to Aerospace aspects Prepared for educated laymen readers Understandable without the need to read references Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Inhalt

From the Contents: The Atmosphere.- The Atmosphere - from the surface to the stratosphere.- Chemical composition of the atmosphere.- Atmospheric.- The Earth's radiation budget - the driver for weather and climate.- Greenhouse effect, radiative forcing and climate sensitivity.- Methods.- Measurements of nitrogen oxides and related trace gases.- Chemical ionization mass spectrometric measurements of atmospheric trace.- In-situ measurement methods for atmospheric aerosol particles.- Dropsondes.- Lightning detection.- Research trends.- Probabilistic weather forecasting.- Recent and future evolution of the stratospheric ozone.- Aircraft emissions at cruise: In-situ measurements, uncertainties and trends.- Climate impact of transport.- Methane modeling - from process-oriented models to global climate models.- Mitigating the impact of adverse weather on aviation.